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If you are attending the Wednesday Night Supper, please check the number of meals in the attendance book. The meal for December 13th is Grilled hamburgers, all the trimmings, baked beans, and slaw. This will be the last meal for this year. The Wednesday night dinners will resume on January 3rd.
The flowers today are given to the Glory of God by Neil Baker in honor of Nancy’s birthday, December 10th and Rebecca’s birthday, December 19th.
The nursery needs some more volunteers to help on Sundays during worship. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more, please contact Adriana at adriana.plattspringsumc@gmail.com.
The church envelopes for 2024 are in, if you would like envelopes, please call the office or email melody@psumc.org.
The following items are needed for God’s Helping Hands: apple juice, canned fruit, dry milk, crackers, sugar, small cans with pop tops (for the homeless).
The last Wednesday Night Bible Study will be on December 13th and the last Thursday Morning Bible Study will be on December 14th. Bible Studies will begin again on Wednesday, January 3rd and Thursday, January 4th.
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, December 19, 2023 to meet in the FSH at 8 am for breakfast before Christmas basket project. Come and enjoy food (biscuits, donuts, coffee, orange juice) and fellowship. Any question please contact Pat Roseborough, 803-920-6548, pat1544@icloud.com
Service of Worship
Platt Springs United Methodist Church
West Columbia, SC
December 10, 2023 – 11 A.M.
2nd Sunday of Advent
Welcome and Announcements Lay Leader, Jessica Jones
*Prelude Brenda Gentzler
*Please stand as Audrey Collins brings the light of Christ forward
* Call to Worship Jessica Jones
L. Come! Listen! A voice cries out: “In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
P. We come, and we wait in the just peace of the coming Messiah.
L. Pay attention! God is removing barriers and leveling the playing field, making a way for all people to witness the glory of the Lord.
P. We pay attention, and we wait in the just peace of the coming Messiah.
L. We wait, and we work as God’s landscapers, filling in valleys and making rough places a plain, bringing justice where conflicts and obstacles once reigned.
P. We wait, and we work in the just peace of the coming Messiah.
L. As we gather, may we prepare our voices to proclaim and our hands to get messy as our lives declare the coming of our Savior and Comforter.
P. We come to worship and to grow in the just peace of Jesus Christ, the coming Messiah. Amen.
*Hymn “O Come, All Ye Faithful” Vs. 1,2,3 UMH #234
* Gospel Reading Mark 1: 1-8 Pastor Debbie
Pastoral Prayer (Followed by the Lord’s Prayer)
Lighting of the Advent Wreath: Paul, Amanda, Everly and Bodie Guffey
Worshipping God with Our Tithes & Offerings
*Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” No. 95
Children’s Nativity Program (see insert) Adriana McMurphy
Please pray for all of our healthcare workers and first
responders and everyone who has been affected by COVID-19.
Surgeries/Hospital/Sick
Rick and Deree Stobaugh
David Brantley
JC Hyatt
Helen Tarbox
Buck Jones
James Ward
Sharon Grecu
Debra Horton
Betty Gleaton
Flora Jones
Louise Schultz
Suzanne Rhodes
Nursing Homes/Assisted Living
Lorine Crapps
Carol Crowninshield
Paul Mullins, Debbie Summers uncle
Bob and Jessie Sargent
Rehab Facility
Lucy Eden
Family/Friends/Community
Ashley Steele
Audrey Gardner
Greta Jackson, friend of Butch Gause
Larry Long, father of Linda Lamb’s daughter-in-law
Kelley Edwards, friend of Sandy Cobia
Eyriana Pinkney, granddaughter of Yvette Thomas
Corky Dawkins, friend of Bernadette Weston
Stephanie Hook, friend of Linda Lamb
onna Duggan, friend of Renee Layson
Sammy Basnett
John Ervin, Betty Rogers’ nephew
Chandler, Wanda Young’s grandson
Ben Hanrahan, Marie Thompson’s great nephew
Mary Louise Davis, Betty Rogers’ sister
Rachel Hazan, friend of Brenda Gentzler
Jason Jones
Praise Reports
John German, Helen Tarbox’s brother-in-law
Jim Asbill
Military
Parker Albrecht, Navy
Connor Crouch, Army
Zach Timmons, Marine Reserve
Steven Apgar, Army
Marshall Hannon, Navy
Condolences
The family of Margaret Smith
To keep in contact with everyone on our prayer list we're going to clean the names that have been here for several weeks. If your name, or a loved one's name, has been listed here for three weeks, make sure to give Melody at (803)794-3415 or Grace Harper at (803) 796-8166 a call so we'll keep them listed. Thanks and God bless you!
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